Point72

FinOps Specialist

Point72$170K — $250K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in financial management, cloud operations, or tech cost management, with 3 years in FinOps.
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, computer science, IT, or related field.
  • Strong grasp of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their pricing.
  • Knowledge of AI and machine learning cost structures, including GPU and model usage.
  • Proficient in financial forecasting, budgeting, and vendor negotiations.
  • Skilled in data analysis; capable of managing large datasets and creating visual reports.
  • Strong analytical skills to uncover cost trends and drivers.

Responsibilities

  • Optimize cloud financial operations for AI and machine learning investments.
  • Provide insights on cloud expenditure and SaaS license efficiency.
  • Implement tools and standards to enhance cost visibility in cloud and AI.
  • Monitor API consumption and infrastructure costs for trends and optimizations.
  • Develop financial models for cloud budgeting and vendor negotiations.
  • Create cost attribution models for resource spending.
  • Educate teams on cloud financial management and cost consciousness.
  • Collaborate with technology, finance, and procurement on cost strategies.

Benefits

  • Fully-paid health care benefits.
  • Generous parental and family leave policies.
  • Mental and physical wellness programs.
  • Volunteer opportunities.
  • Non-profit matching gift program.
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups.
  • Tuition assistance.
  • 401(k) savings program with employer match.
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Optimize cloud financial operations to maximize value from cloud investments, including rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning workloads
  • Provide actionable insights on cloud spend, SaaS license optimization, and emerging AI cost drivers, including model inference and usage-based consumption
  • Implement tooling, tagging standards, and processes that improve cost visibility and optimization across cloud, SaaS, and AI workloads
  • Monitor large language model API consumption and GPU-intensive infrastructure to identify cost trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities
  • Build financial models to forecast cloud, SaaS, and AI expenditures for budgeting cycles, commitment decisions, and vendor negotiations
  • Design cost allocation, tagging, showback, and chargeback models that attribute spend to the teams, applications, and use cases driving it
  • Educate engineering and business owners on cloud financial management practices that build cost-conscious habits around resource and license consumption
  • Partner across the firm's technology, finance, and procurement teams to align cloud and technology cost strategies with business objectives and firmwide planning


What's required
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in financial management, cloud operations, or technology cost management, including at least three years of hands-on FinOps experience
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, computer science, information technology, or a related field
  • Strong understanding of cloud platforms, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, and their cost structures
  • Familiarity with cost structures for artificial intelligence and machine learning services, including GPU instances, managed AI platforms, and large language model API usage
  • Proficiency in financial analysis and modeling for forecasting, budgeting, commitment decisions, and vendor negotiations
  • Strong data analysis skills, including querying and manipulating large datasets and building clear visualizations for stakeholder decision-making
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills for identifying cost drivers, trends, and optimization opportunities
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
  • Commitment to the highest ethical standards


We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Non-profit matching gift program
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBT+ community
  • Tuition assistance
  • A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more


The annual base salary range for this role is $170,000-$250,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

About Point72

Point72 Asset Management is a hedge fund and family office founded by Steven Cohen in 2014. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and manages over $16 billion in assets. Point72 primarily invests in public equity markets, but also has a private equity arm. The company has a global presence with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore. Point72 has been involved in several high-profile legal cases, including a $1.8 billion settlement with the SEC in 2013.
Learn more about Point72
Size
1,500 employees
Industry
Founded
2014

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